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Water regulator Ofwat flooded with over 20,000 malicious emails this year
Phishing and spam attack surge targets Ofwat, the water regulator as National Cyber Security Centre issues warning about cyber attacks on smart cities The Water Services Regulation Authority, known as Ofwat, which regulates the private water and sewerage industry in England and Wales, has been flooded with a total of 21,486 malicious emails so far in 2021, according to official figures. The data, obtained under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and analysed by the Parliament Street think tank, comes following warnings from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) that smart cities could be at risk of a devastating cyber attack, arguing that sensitive utility and transport data also needs to be secured from being stolen in large volumes. Ofwat has only 266 employees, which suggests that the corporate email addresses are regularly bombarded with spam and phishing emails, which if successful, could cause
Water regulator has handled more than 20,000 malicious emails in 2021
Malicious emails peaked in March
Ofwat regulates privatised water and sewage across the UK
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CMA and regulators deliver for consumers in 20/21
The CMA’s 20/21 report shows how concurrency arrangements with other regulators have helped deliver benefits for consumers over the past year.
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22 April 2021
The CMA and regulators have made good progress in enforcing competition and delivering for consumers in the face of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
3 new investigations launched by the CMA, the FCA and the ORR to investigate competition concerns in regulated sectors.
The CMA’s 20/21 report shows how concurrency arrangements with other regulators have helped deliver benefits for consumers over the past year.
In the UK, competition law is applied in the regulated sectors by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), as the UK’s primary competition authority, and also by the relevant regulators of specific sectors. This ‘concurrency regime’ is designed to allow the CMA and regulators to cooperate with each other when they investigate anti-competitive